In a March 4, 2002 commentary at Internet World, Johnathan B. Spira of Basex talks about the importance of knowing where knowledge comes from, who supplied it, and what other things that knowledge relates to. For example, a single paragraph from a 20 page paper is not as informative as the entire paper.

In understanding and transmitting knowledge, context matters. Providing a way to make available profiles of posters can be helpful in placing the information in the context of the person, their inerests, and experiences and also providing some additional information about the meaning of the available information.